Device to assist in threading needles.



No. 844,482. PATBNTED FEB. 19, 1907. I

' R. SUMMERS. DEVICE-T0 ASSIST IN THRBADING NEEDLES.

I APPLICATION FILED NOV.15, 1906.

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ROBERT SUMMERS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

R'IALTES PATENT DEVICE TO ASSIST IN THREADING NEEDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed November 15, 1906. Serial No. 343.486.

To all Lu/tam, it puny concern: 1 Be it known that I, ROBERT SUMMEns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philaflush with plate 3 and yet adapted to be raised into the position shown in Fig. 1 to K reflect an image of the needle 2, so as to en delphia, in the county of Philadelphia and I able the eye of said needle to be more readily State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new perceived, and thereby assist in the operation and useiulDevice to Assist-in Threading Nee- I of threading the same. To still further endles, of which the following is a specification. hance the effectiveness of the device, the My invention relates to a device to be used mirror 5 is preferably made magnifying in its in connection with a sewing-machine 'whereaction. To permit of easily raising the mirby the eye or the needle may be more readily ror from its lowered or flush position, there is perceived when it is desired to thread the provided an opening 6, constituting an exsame; and the object of my invention is to tension of opening 4, to allow the finger to be provide a magnifying-mirror located in proxinserted beneath the mirror when it is deimity to the needle which shall not interfere sired to raise the same. To maintain the with the ordinary operation of the machine, mirror in its respective raised or lowered p0- but which may be readily brought into posisitions, the hinge 7 is provided with a spring tion for use when desired. 8, operating in the well-known manner of The nature and scope of my invention will such devices. be more readily understood from the follow- I claim ing description, taken in connection with the 1. In a device of the character described, a accompanying drawings, forming part hereplate located in proximity to the needle, a of, in whichmirror hinged in an opening in said plate in Figure 1 is a perspective ,view of the desuch manner as to be flush with the same or vice of my invention in position on a sewingto be raised in position to reflect an image of machine. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the said needle when it is desired to thread the device detached from the machine. Fig. 3 same. is a cross-sectional view of the device with 2. In a device of the character described, a the parts in the position assumed when not in plate located in proximity to the needle, said use, and Fig. 4 is a similar view with the plate having an opening within which is mirror in raised or operative position. hinged a mirror adapted to reflect an image Referring to the drawings, 1 is the bed or of the needle when said mirror is raised, said table of a sewing-machine, and 2 is the neeopening having an extension to permit of indle of the same. .To the bed v1 in proximity serting the finger to raise said mirror. to the needle 2 is secured in any suitable In testimony whereof I affix my signature manner a plate 3.1 Thip plaite 3 may, 1i1 dein presence of two witnesses. sired, be the usua meta s it e common y arranged over the shuttle-race of the sewing- ROBERT SUMMERS machine. Plate 3 is cut out, as at 4, to provide an opening into which is fitted a mirror 5, so arranged and hinged as to normally lie Witnesses:

GEORGE W. SELTZE, ALLEN H. GANGEWER. 

